Improvement in caster-bottles



H. WAUDBY.. @ASTER BOTTLES.

Patented Aug.1,1876.

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HENRY WAUDBY, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.V

IMPROVEMEN'T IN CASTER-BOTTLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,508, dated August 1, 1876; application iled l April 16, 1874.

To all whom t may conce-ru:

Be it known that I, HENRY WAUDBY, of the city of Toronto, in the county ofYork and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented an Improved Mustard or Ketchup Bottle for Casters; and I do hereby declare that thefol lowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification- Figure l being a view in perspective of mustard or ketchup bottles provided with my improvements as arranged upon a stand or casters, Fig. 2, a central vertical section of the upper end ofthe bottle; Fig. 3, a horizontal section of the bottle, looking downward Fig. 4, a central verticalI section of the lower end ofthe bottle.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all ofthe figures.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination, a iiexible non-metallic bottom, B, of a crossbar, b, situated a short distance above the said iiexible bottom, to limit its inward movement, and in a screw cap or ring, ct, for securing the said flexible bottom to the bottle securely and tightly, so that it can be readily removed and replaced for any purpose, substantially as hereinafter specified.

The bottle A is made of glass or other suitable material, and of the ordinary form, but without a bottom of that material. To form a bottom a disk, B, of prepared india-rubber, or equivalent flexible material, is placed upon the'lower open end of the bottle, and is secured there byscrewing a metallic ring, a, npouthe bottle, as represented in Fig. 4, the said ring forming the base of the bottle. A bar, b, is, or may be, inserted across the inside the exible bottom,

to limit the extent to which the said bottom with a caster-bottle, A, having` `may be pressedinward. Thus, when the bot- I tie is supplied with the mustard or ketchup, the flexible bottom is caused to curve downward somewhat, as shown in Fig. 4; but when it is desired to discharge some ot' the contents of the bottle it is suitably inverted, and then, by pressing the iieXible bottom inward, as much ofthe mustard or ketchup as is required is immediately forced out ofthe bottle.

A cover, C, of metal or other suitable ma terial, is titted tight upon the upper end of the bottle by screw-threads, as shown in Fig. 2, or otherwise. This cover terminates in a narrow spout or conical orifice, d, as shown,

through which sufficient ot' the contents ot' the bottle can be quickly forced by pressing upon the flexible bottom B, while there is little opportunity to admit the circulation of atmospheric air into and within the bottle. A cap, D, lits easily, but closely, upon the upper tapering end ofthe cover, as represented. The lower edge of this cap rests on a shoulder, c, on the outer periphery of the cover lC, as shown in Fig. 2. For convenience, and to prevent losing the cap, it is secured by a short chain to the stand or casters E.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a flexible non-metallic bottom, B, applied to a caster-bottle, of a cross-bar, b, arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein specitied.

` 2. The combination, with a caster-bottle, A, and iiexible non-metallic bottom, B, of a screw cap or ring, a, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

HENRY WAUDBY.

Witnesses: HENRY WETENHALL, A. CHRISTIE. 

